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The seamstress’s apprentices
One of Prima Crisafalo’s costumes from NEYT’s 2015 presentation of “The Tempest.”
Arts

The seamstress’s apprentices

Grant allows NEYT to train a new generation of costume designers, with a little help from an up-and-coming Brattleboro-based corsetière
By
Richard Henke
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 — Issue 358

BRATTLEBORO — This story will be reposted soon with corrections.

Arts

Rock Voices Brattleboro presents its summer concert

BRATTLEBORO-Join Director Bob Thies and Rock Voices Brattleboro, a community rock choir, for an evening...

Emily Noelle Lambert leads ‘Collage Logic’ workshop at River Gallery School on Aug. 2

BRATTLEBORO-Artist Emily Noelle Lambert, whose work is featured in the group exhibit "Making Space" at...

Equinox Wind Quintet performs in Sundays On The Hill series

WESTON-Join the Sundays On The Hill concert series and experience an afternoon of live music...

NECCA to host the Vermont Circus Festival in November

BRATTLEBORO-The New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) presents the inaugural Vermont Circus Festival, set...

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News

House approves partial extensions for Act 46 mergers

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 — Issue 497

The Vermont House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved partial extensions to the Act 46 merger deadline of July 1. Should the bill, passed by the House on Feb. 7, become law, the one-year extension would provide breathing room for some schools forced by the state Board of Education to undergo mergers. But with extensions approved on a district-by-district basis depending on their progress in the merger process, only one town - Windham - in the county could receive an extra...

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Voices

Is Brattleboro’s property-tax system fair for seniors?

By
John Pozzi
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 — Issue 360

I feel compelled to air a pet peeve that I have had for years. Every year I get a property tax statement that contains four tear-off tabs that I am to mail in to the town with a check for quarterly payment of my property taxes. I am almost 66 years old - I forget to mail in the stubs or I lose them. The town sends me no notification that tax payments are due. In fact, the only notification...

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Arts

BMAC seeks entries for annual Lego Contest & Exhibit

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 — Issue 332

The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) invites creators of all ages to design and build original sculptures and display them at the museum this fall in BMAC's eighth annual Lego Contest & Exhibit, taking place on Nov. 20-22. “This has grown into a great community affair,” said BMAC Director Danny Lichtenfeld. “We regularly receive entries from contestants ranging in age from toddlers to senior citizens. Most entries are from the tri-state area surrounding Brattleboro, but we always have some...

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